Lamp-shade holder.



M. KOSSMANN. LAMP SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-1B, 1916.

1 ,216.,81 8. Patented Feb. 2%917.

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. jects of the invention being to provide a.

-. holder or bracket arranged to engage or light circuit, orin other words, an electhe socket]- "will be summarized in the appended claims,

Holders, of which ported by the.

I MAX rossmmn, or-Bnooxmm, New YORK.

-Be it known that I,

siding at Brooklyn,

and useful Improvements in' Lamp-Shade the following is a full,

clear, and exact description. j

Th1S lnvention relates to iinprovements in shade holders or brackets, one of the 010- grip the socketed terminal of'an electric trio lamp. socket, the shade which is supbracket withdrawal of the holder: or bracket from A further'j-object of provide a; shade holder not only to support a shade,

lamps of high candle power or brilliancy suchfor instance as nitro-lamps or. bulbs.

A further object of my invention is to provide'a shade holder which can be caused to cket withoutithe use of engage a lampso screws 'or threaded connections, thereby'not only reducing the cost of manufacture, but

permitting more ready attachmentslwill now proceed todescribe my invenfeatures of which reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part here of;' wherein Figure 1 is a facefview of an ordinary electric lamp socket having my improved shade holder attached thereto, a portion of a shade being shown in section;

Fig 2 is a top plan view "of the upperlor.

clamping end of the bracket; Fig.8 is. a side view thereof i Fig. 4 is a: side elevation of the assembled portion 7 'havingan 7 inwardly directed aperture 9, and outwardly extending angularly disposed "flange or shade-support 10. To the shade 'support or flange 10, I secure a plurality of acka, sh and shield; and 1 l showinga modified form of my Invention- Fig.5 is aside elevation, partlyin section,

invention com- -As'- herein embodied my of a cylindrical prises a frame 6 consisting flange 8 provided with an fingers 11 '(in this instance three) which-are yieldable and constitute a clamp for holding said bracket to said socket, besides other LAMP-SHAD HOLDER.

Speeiflcation'of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled Septemb r is, 1916. Serial no. 120,679. J

end of each finger .from the center openings or slots 15 in said frame 6. The

acting to prevent the.

my invention is: to or bracketv arranged but also to supconnection withshade has been slipped wardlyto pass over outwardly normal 7 downward .thesh a'da. In 'some I to-thelowerend 16 ,ofl'each. finger a metallic shield {22, and employ tfifiigers 11 are secured to thelnner surface of e portion of, the fingers, curement, projecting formed in the cylindrical wall 8 of the frame6 (see Fig. 3). 'The upper is turned inwardly as at .13; to form". rounded 'projections. The clamping "portion of each finger, indicated by 14', is free to be moved toward or away of the frame 6' within the above the'point of seeach finger 11 is provided supporting element 16' to lower. member of to retain the shade 18, as shown in Fig. 1,

. Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

4 functions herein stated -As can be seen, the MAX KOSSMANN, a citizen of the United States of-America, re Kings county, and State of New York, have invented certain new" flange 10 intermediate their ends, that I '60. through openings 7 and flange. l

can "be used in as said shade will rest upon said support.

To. attachthedevice,'the frame 6 will be apphed from. below the socket 19, after the lower end of said socket aperture 9 in said frame, the flange 8' being over the socket, the passing through the pressed'upagainst the beading 20 on the socket. During the application of the device, ,as above set forth, the clamping p01" .tion 14 of each finger 11 will be sprung outthe beading 20, and

when finally positioned, the heading 20 will be located between the flange 8 and rounded I projections 13 on the fingers 11, as shown in Fig. 1. When the shade 1,8 is allowed .to' rest upon the flange .or support 10, the neck 21" act. to prevent theclamping-jj thereof will portions 14 of the fingersfrom"-springing5."

or away Therefore the shade acts as a-locking ele 7 of the frame is "but slightly less'thanthe inside diameter oftheneck 21, hence when be in contactboth with to prevent the. clamping" elements from moving joutwa'rdly' sufficiently. to permit the from the beading 20'. .9 inent for the clamping elements 14. The outside diameter-ofthe cylindrical portion' rounded ends-or projections 13 from being slipped over the beading. 20 shouldan abpressurehe; applied to instances I maysecure a globev 23 which will be supported by the supporting elements, or

the consequent disengagement of -andi=-holder from the socket.

ends 16 of the said fingers. By this means, I am able to completely incasean electric light bulb, which might be desirable where I lam s of high power are used.

holder and a. lamp socket provided with an supported by said holder and the neck of annular bead and adapted to enter said opening and be engaged by said clamp catching over said bead, the shade being the shade preventing by contact with the clamp the outward yielding of the latter and said clamp 2. A shade holdercomprisinga cylindrical- .verti'cal body having openings in its vertical wall, in combination with a clamp connected to said holder and having yielding clamping elements, located in said openings which elements engage the lamp socket in their innermost position and p are arranged to work through said holder, and a shade adapted to prevent, by its contact with'the said clamping elements, the out ward movement of the latter through the holder. for disengagement from said socket.

3. shade holder comprising a-hollow cylindrical vertical body portion, an inturned flange carried thereby at one end thereof and provided with a central aperture, an outwardly directed angularly disposed flange carried by said cylindrical por- 7 'tionat the opposite end thereof, arranged to support a shade, said body portion and inturned'flange being provided with a plurality of communicating slots, and a yieldable clampingelement located in each slot' and. movable inward and. outward through said slot and means for preventing the outward ,movement of said elements to disenfinger being turned inwardly to form pro-. I

jections, the lower end of each finger being provided with a retaining means for a dependingshield distinct from the shade, and I a frame secured to said fingers intermediate their ends.

5. In combination with a shade having a cylindrical hollow neck, a holder therefor consisting of a frame arranged to loosely fit within said neck, means carried by the frame to support said shade, a plurality of-yieldable clamping elements carried by said frame 1 and arranged to engage a lamp socket, the neck of said shade being adapted by external contact with said clamping elements to maintain said clamping elements in contact with the lamp socket when said shade rests upon the supports therefor. I

6. A shade holder comprising a hollow cylindrical body portion, an inturned flange carried thereby at one end thereof and provided with a central aperture, an inturned upper flange and-a downwardly flaring flange carried by the lower end of said cylindrical portion, for supporting 'ashade, said body portion and upper flange being provided with a series of communicating slots, in combination with a series of elastic parts attached to said shade holder and hav ing depending globe supporting parts and slots. g ',Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 15th day of September,.19 l6. MAX KOSSMANN.

Witnesses: MAURICE BLOCK,

EDWARD A. Janv'rs.

upper resilient parts working through said 

